"Copyright, 1885 ... University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge"-- Verso of t.p

Some plates accompanied by a leaf of descriptive letterpress

Some plates hand-colored

Bibliography: p. [57]-58

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SCNHRB has eight copies

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088016528531; formerly 591.15.R544 NH) has bookplate: G. Brown Goode, U.S. National Museum

SCNHRB c. 1 has inscribed in ink on 2nd front free endpaper: Mr. G. Brown Goode, with the kind regards of Robert Ridgway, January 15 1887. A review of Ridgway's book, cut from the Athenaeum July 23, 1887 ([1] p.) is mounted on the back paste-down endpaper

SCNHRB c. 1 embossed on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum [pencilled ms. no.] 172799

SCNHRB c. 1 in original green publisher's cloth binding, title in gilt on front cover and spine, gray polished endpapers

SCNHRB c. 2 (39088016528622) has inscribed in ink on 1st front free endpaper: A. Wetmore

SCNHRB c. 2 in original green publisher's cloth binding, title in gilt on front cover and spine, gray polished endpapers

SCNHRB c. 3 (39088016528333; formerly QC45.R54 Birds) inscribed in ink on front free endpaper: Edgar A. Mearns

SCNHRB c. 3 stamped on front free endpaper: Smithsonian Libraries Oct 22 1987

SCNHRB c. 3 stamped on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution U.S. National Museum Mearns Collection [ms. acc. no.] 283375. There are a few brief handwritten pencil annotations in the text

SCNHRB c. 3 has a black buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine

SCNHRB c. 4 (39088016528374; formerly QC45.R54 c. 2 Birds) stamped on front free endpaper: Smithsonian Libraries Oct 22 1987

SCNHRB c. 4 stamped on t.p.: Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution Oct 22 1890 [ms. acc. no.] 137415

SCNHRB c. 4 has a black buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine and gray endpapers

SCNHRB c. 5 (39088016528275; formerly 591.R544 Rept) stamped on verso of t.p.: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Jul 22 1913 [ms. acc. no.] 227238

SCNHRB c. 5 has a small leaf ([2] p.) with printed caption title of the Smithsonian Institution U.S. National Museum laid in, with handwritten notes in pencil and ink giving the equivalent vernacular German measurements for variations of one foot, and the colors for a few species. See library staff for access

SCNHRB c. 5 has a brown buckram library binding with white lettered spine

SCNHRB c. 6 (39088016528416; formerly 591.15 .R544 c. 6 Rept) has minor water damage to the title leaf and first 38 pages. A few of the leaves and plates have clumsy repairs made with tape

SCNHRB c. 6 has a few brief handwritten annotations and marks in pencil

SCNHRB c. 6 bound in redish-brown library buckram, title in white on spine

SCNHRB c. 7 (39088016528697; formerly QC45.R54 c. 2 Mamm) has stamps on t.p. verso: Smithsonian Library, Sep. 20, 1956; Gerrit S. Miller Jr. Gift

SCNHRB c. 7 has a modern red buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine

SCNHRB c. 8 (39088016528358; formerly QC45.R54 NZP / 591.157 .R54 NH) has stamp on t.p.: Smithsonian Institution, National Zoological Park, Mar. 1, 1934

SCNHRB c. 8 has the original green publisher's cloth binding with title in gilt on front cover and spine, black polished endpapers

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